Smackdown

Card Information:
 Held in: COLUMBUS CIVIC CENTER
Location: GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
          on February 2004 at 8:00pm

Interview:
More from the commissioner...
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William Regal announces a number of debuts, a tag team battle royal, and a huge
six man main event.


[Tag Team Battle Royal]: 10-Man Battle Royal:
Doug Basham and Danny Basham won a 5-team Battle Royal:
         x L. Storm threw out Animal (partner: Hawk) after
a flying spinning leg lariat in 0:11:22
         x Ron Simmons threw out Nash (partner: Shawn Michaels) in 0:20:00
         x Danny threw out Ron Simmons (partner: Bradshaw) after a slap in
           0:29:09
         x Doug threw out L. Storm (partner: Chris Jericho) after
the Ace Crusher in 0:39:24
Rating: *** 1/4

In their return to WWE, the Basham Brothers earn a Tag Title shot for No Way
Out.


Interview:
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A short vignette to announce the upcoming return of Matt Hardy.


Rey Mysterio pinned Dean Malenko with the West Coast Pop in 0:11:32.
Rating: ***

An amazing debut for Rey Mysterio, with Malenko doing his part to make it a
great match.


Tazz made Vader submit to the Tazzmission in 0:05:34.
Rating: * 3/4

A shocking defeat for Vader in his debut.  Tazz managed to get out of there
before the big mastadon could exact his revenge.


Interview:
X-Pac injured again...
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After Christian interrupted X-Pac's interview, an impromptu match between the
Canadian and Ken Shamrock gets started.


Ken Shamrock pinned Christian after a takeover suplex in 0:12:41.
Rating: ** 1/4

After his victory, Shamrock taunted X-Pac, who had remained at ringside for
the course of the match.


The Big Show and Ted DiBiase defeated Maven and Tajiri when Big Show pinned
Tajiri with the Showstopper in 0:07:13.
Rating: ** 1/4

The Million Dollar Partnership earn a fairly simplistic win.


Interview:
DiBiase calls out Hogan...
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Hogan's mystery partner for No Way Out will be none other than The Rock!


The Kliq (Triple H and Scott Hall) and AJ Styles defeated
Bret Hart, Rob Van Dam and Chris Benoit when HHH defeated RVD by
disqualification in 0:11:44.
Rating: 3/4*
(The Ultimate Warrior no-showed.)
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A poor main event, with an equally bad finish.



Card rating: **


Match observations: 

A number of interesting debuts tonight, although not much was seen from Vader
or AJ Styles.  The Basham Brothers and Rey Mysterio had more luck though.

An unfortunate surprise was the no-showing of the Ultimate Warrior, despite the
fact that William Regal had announced he would be in the main event.  RVD took
his spot, and it was his over-enthusiasm that lead to his team being DQ'd.

Hulk Hogan announced that The Rock would be his tag team partner at No Way Out,
as they paired up to face Ted DiBiase and the Big Show.  It should be a rather
interesting match.  Also announced for No Way Out is a tag match featuring the
apparently re-united Thrillseekers (Chris Jericho and Lance Storm) against
Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels.  Should be a good bout.

Next Show: Raw